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Media servers

A media server indexes what you already own and streams it to televisions, phones and browsers, with the library, the metadata and the playback history staying at home. Transcoding decides the hardware: direct play is nearly free, a re-encode needs real CPU or a GPU.

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Audiobookshelf

Your audiobooks, podcasts and listening progress

512 MB RAMamd64 / arm64JavaScriptEasyGPL-3.0-onlyVersion 2.37.2

Alternative to: Plex

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Jellyfin

Your own media server for movies, series, and music

1024 MB RAMamd64 / arm64C#EasyGPL-2.0-onlyVersion v12.3

Alternative to: Plex, Emby

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Every page explains what the hosted service does and which recipes cover the same job.

Guides with these applications

  • A home server that earns its keepA modular home-server starter set: passwords, DNS, sync, monitoring, notifications, media and household recipes. Choose the services you need and add them gradually.
  • Services that never need a public addressKeep household services behind loopback, a private network or a VPN. Private access still needs application authentication, safe initialization and backups.
  • A media library you ownFilms, music, audiobooks, podcasts and photographs from your own files. Match clients, storage and transcoding needs before choosing the server.

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